The Asian Development Bank will lend $80 million to upgrade road network in the northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam, the government said on its website. Six provinces, namely Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Ha Giang, Tuyen Quang, Yen Bai and Lao Cai...
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has appointed the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) to arrange a loan of $198 million by the World Bank (WB) to an urban water supply and wastewater project. General Director of...
Belgium will continue providing ODA for Vietnam in coming year with an average amount of $30 million each year, Belgian Ambassador Bruno Angelel affirmed. Belgium will help Vietnam improve its policies to facilitate local business development,...
Vietnamese ambassador to Finland, Doan Ngoc Boi handed EUR2,000 donated by the Vietnamese community in Finland to the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA) in Hanoi on November 10. The money was delivered to the...
Vietnam and the US have taken a further step toward overcoming the consequences of Agent Orange/Dioxin, according to an official of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA). Representatives of the US Embassy in Hanoi...
The Vietnamese Community in the Czech Republic has raised VND600 million for Agent Orange/dioxin victims in the homeland. Chairman of the Vietnamese People’s Association in the Czech Republic Hoang Dinh Thang on Nov. 9 handed over these funds to the...
Vietnam is the second biggest Artemisinin producer around the world, heard an international conference on medicines against malaria held in Hanoi on Nov 2. China ranks the first in making the drug. China and Vietnam provide up to 70% of the raw...
Cho Ray Hospital in Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City and Japan’s Mita Hospital in Tokyo have coordinated in providing digital diagnosis for patients. The entire process of transferring electronic data will take only a few minutes...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has warned of the increasing number of people with complicated and infectious diseases due to climate change and abnormal weather conditions, state media reported.Among the disease, hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) is...
Saudi Arabia will lend Vietnam a total of 97 million Saudi Riyal ($25.5 million) to carry out health and education projects in the country. Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Cong Nghiep and Yousef I. AL - BASAM, Vice President and Chief Executive...
